314 SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA JEQUALIS [cL. XIX* 



hair-like, very short ; anthers united in a cylindrical tube. 

 Germen inversely egg-shaped, small. Style thread-shaped, as 

 long as the stamens ; stigmas spreading. Seed oblong, angular, 

 furrowed, smooth. Seed-down none. Receptacle naked, flat, 

 narrow. Name from lapazo, to purge. 376. 



1. L. communis. Common Nipple-wort. Calyx of the fruit angu- 

 lar; stem panicled ; flower stalks thread-like ; leaves egg-shaped, 



stalked, angularly toothed. Stem from one to three feet high, 



much branched : leaves generally approaching to lyrate, with the 

 terminal lobe very large, downy : flowers small, yelknv. Annual : 

 flowers in July and August : grows in waste places and cultivated 

 ground : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xii. pi. 844. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 

 377. U45. 



2. L. pusilla. Dwarf Nipple-wort. Scape branched, swelled and 

 hollow at the top ; leaves inversely egg-shaped, smooth, rough- 

 edged. Stalks six or eight inches high : flowers small, bright- 

 yellow. Annual : flowers in June : grows in gravelly fields : not 

 common. Eng. Bot. vol. ii.pl. 95. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 377. 1146. 



12. CICHO'RIUM. SUCCORY. 



Common calyx double, cylindrical ; the outer of a few oblong, 

 shortish scales ; the inner of about eight linear, equal, perma- 

 nent scales. Compound corolla of about twenty strap-shaped, 

 abrupt, deeply five-toothed, perfect florets. Filaments hair- 

 like, very short ; anthers united into a five-cornered tube. 

 Germen egg-shaped. Style thread -shaped, as long as the sta- 

 mens ; stigmas revolute. Seed obscurely five-sided, abrupt ; 

 seed-down of several chaffy, erect bristles, shorter than the seed. 

 Receptacle somewhat chaffy. Name, Arabic, chikouryeh. 377. 



1. C. I'ntybus. Wild Succory. Flowers in pairs, sessile ; leaves 

 runcinate. Stem two or three feet high, round, rough, branched : 

 flowers large, light-blue, axillar : the roots are eatable, and have 

 also been used as a substitute for coffee. Perennial : flowers in 

 July and August : grows in borders of fields and by roads : fre- 

 quent. Eng. Bot. vol. viii. pi. 539. Eng.Fl. vol. iii. p. 379. 1147. 



13. A'RCTIUM. BURDOCK. 



Common calyx globular, imbricated, of numerous lance- 

 shaped scales, ending in awl-shaped, hooked, thorny points, 

 permanent. Compound corolla of numerous, perfect, equal 

 florets, with a very long slender tube, and a wider egg-shaped 

 limb, divided into five linear, regular, spreading segments. 

 Filaments hair-like, very short ; anthers forming a cylindrical, 

 five-toothed tube, as long as the corolla. Germen oblong, 

 downy at the summit. Style thread-shaped, longer than the 

 stamens ; stigmas reflected. Seed inversely pyramidal, with 

 four unequal obtuse angles ; seed-down simple, rough, shorter 

 than the seed. Receptacle flat, covered with linear, chaffy scales, 

 nearly as long as the calyx. Name from arctos, a bear. 378. 



i. A. Ldppa. Burdock. Clot -bur. Leaves heart-shaped, stalked. 



